Great day on the water 17 32.724N 32 49.677W
Persephone... Cruiser/Racer
Nigel & Karen Goodhew...
Tue 17 Jan 2017 19:13
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We gybed at midday today. That was a good call and
this afternoon we have been barrelling along at up to 8 knots, straight down the
line to Barbados, which is now a mere 1570 miles away.
The afternoon will also be remembered as dolphin
day. We have had a number of visits from different groups, some real show -
offs, jumping out of the faces of waves.
The wavetrain is now definitely behind us too,
which has reduced the rolling somewhat. Even though we have essentially light
winds, there's clearly been some weather to the north, which is delivering a
long, low oceanic swell, which we are riding up and down. The dolphins like
it.
On the catering front, we start an assault on some
of our tinned goodies tonight. Chicken in a white wine sauce, and Karen is
roasting some sweet potatoes to accompany the chicken as I write. Oh, and fresh
carrots! No scurvy yet.
There have been another dozen or so raindrops too
this afternoon. Otherwise sun, sun, sun all the way! 25 degrees in the
shade.
All good here.
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